FSOSS

All Roads Lead to Rails

We think entrepreneurs should be emulating drug dealers instead of big business, and have built a very successful business around our methods. Ryan will discuss how and why to discard accepted development and business wisdom. Without contracts, code ownership or fuctional specifications, and by not hiring employees, getting start-up capital or having a sales force, we have amazing clients, long term projects and happy developers. After the presentation, the floor will be opened to questions and conversation.

Ryan McMinn, Unspace Interactive Inc.

Mobility-minded Ryan McMinn runs the business side of Unspace, and hasn't owned a desktop computer since 1999. As a partner in M7 Database Services, Ryan refined his innate practicality and belief in unrestricted, cooperative working styles into the finely tuned machine he is today as a founding partner at Unspace. From clients in the entertainment industry to large financial institutions to the federal government, Ryan works hard to make sure the client not only feels, but is involved in every step of developing their product. A believer that good business comes from good client relationships, Ryan insists on working with clients within a process to ensure understanding on even the most micro levels and prevent problems before they even have a chance to occur. Ryan hopes to see Unspace continue as a voice in the community for the ideas, methodologies and ethics that guide Unspace in its success and inspire its clients. He would work at Unspace even if it were for free, but he's far too pragmatic for that.